(CNN) — A Florida man with worsening migraines was found to have parasitic tapeworm larvae in his brain, according to a report published this month in the American Journal of Case Reports. Doctors ...

A brain-invading worm spread by rats and snails is making inroads into the United States. A study this week seems to show the ...

Luis Ortiz went to the emergency room in early September with a terrible headache and nausea, became comatose and when he woke up doctors told him he had a tapeworm larvae living in his brain and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Guinea worms are long, white parasites that emerge from the legs of infected people through painful blisters. CDC/Wikimedia ...

Photographs of flatworm and ribbon worm larvae collected from the waters around Bocas del Toro. Most marine invertebrates have a planktonic larval stage that is very different from the familiar adult ...

You’re not likely to witness a horsehair worm making its exit from a praying mantis, but if you do, it’s quite a sight. The spaghetti-like worm, under wet conditions, gradually wiggles out of its host ...

Some marine worm larvae are pint-sized predators. The small, blobby babies, less than a millimeter long, ensnare and devour microscopic crustaceans and other prey living in plankton, UO researchers ...

The University of Florida researchers recently discovered that “tequila worms” are, in fact, moth larvae. The “worms” are placed inside bottles of mezcal to enhance the color and flavor of the alcohol ...